University of California-San Diego
La Jolla, CA
- Undergrads
- 34.9k
- Admit rate
- 27%
- Net price
- $12.5k
- Grad rate
- 86%
- Hispanic-serving
- AANAPI-serving
- Specialty: Biology 19%
University of California-Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697City: LargeUNITID 110653
Public 4-yearDoctoral Universities: Very High Research ActivityHispanic-servingAANAPI-servingSpecialty: Social Sciences 15%Specialty: Biology 12%Specialty: Psychology 12%
Undergraduates
30,197
Graduate students
7,093
Admit rate
29%
Average net price
$14.3k
Graduation rate
87%
Retention rate
94%
Median earnings (10 yr)
$80.7k
Median debt
$15k
Student : faculty
19:1
Value score*
87th pct.
Programs offered
228
Highest degree
Graduate degree
- Sector
- Public 4-year
- Region
- West · Pacific
- Setting
- City: Large (population of 250,000 or more)
- Carnegie
- Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity
- Size & setting
- Four-year, large, primarily residential
- Predominant degree
- Predominantly bachelor's-degree granting
- Religious affiliation
- None reported
- Main campus
- Yes
* Value score is a CampusAtlas estimate, not an official metric.
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- Undergrads
- 31.9k
- Admit rate
- 39%
- Net price
- $14.1k
- Grad rate
- 85%
- AANAPI-serving
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University of California-Santa Barbara
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- Undergrads
- 23.1k
- Admit rate
- 33%
- Net price
- $16.1k
- Grad rate
- 83%
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California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA
- Undergrads
- 22k
- Admit rate
- 31%
- Net price
- $16.7k
- Grad rate
- 86%
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San Diego State University
San Diego, CA
- Undergrads
- 35.4k
- Admit rate
- 36%
- Net price
- $15.4k
- Grad rate
- 76%
- Hispanic-serving
- AANAPI-serving
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University of California-Davis
Davis, CA
- Undergrads
- 32.3k
- Admit rate
- 42%
- Net price
- $14.7k
- Grad rate
- 86%
- Hispanic-serving
- AANAPI-serving
- Specialty: Biology 18%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, data as of June 10, 2026. “Not reported” means the value is missing or privacy-suppressed in the source data.